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From: rcl@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Robert C Lehman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Prosecution in the Internet Worm case
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Date: 27 Jul 89 14:55:51 GMT
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An item in the newspaper today says that Robert T. Morris has been
indicted by a federal grand jury and is being charged under the
"computer crime provision of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of
1986."  The story goes on to say that the maximum penalties are five
years in jail and a $250,000 fine. (Source: New York Newsday,
7/27/89).

-Rob